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Apple delays rewriting of the constitution
Apple has agreed to extend the deadline on a subpoena that it issued to the ISP of a blog until after a hearing about the constitutionality of Apple's attempts to muzzle free speech.
The whole case revolves around a leak to bloggers about a project codenamed "Asteroid". Desperate to pursue the culprit to its fullest extend, Apple wants to force the ISP of the blog Powerpage.org to release his emails, thereby tracing the source of the Asteroid leak.
These tactics might be fully constitutional in the dictatorship that Steve Jobs envisions, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has its doubts that it will work in a democracy that is based on free speech principles. The two will meet in Santa Clara County Superior Court on March 4.
February 24, 2005 at 07:07 PM | Permalink
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Your living in a fantasy if you think you still have a democracy. Bush has extinguished that dream with his little worldwide preemptive dictatorship. All American rights are, and if he can intimidate anyone else (ie if your defenseless), usurped by the Patriot Act so get used to the new constitution of whatever whim George the Moron Bush decides, or rather whatever Karel Rove decides. You gave up democracy when you elected the moron for a second term so start loving it. With the size of the American Ego there is NO WAY you could ever admit your stupidity so it will always be seen through some ridiculous lie you tell yourself to justify your arrogance, aggression and ignorance the three pillars of the American psyche.
Posted-by: Clue Giver | 24 Feb 2005 23:21:05
Clue Giver lives in Canada. A social Dictatorship with a Prime Minister, Mr. Dithers, who, even with a minority government, has far more power over Canadians than Bush has over Americans.
A Canadian Prime Minister with a majority government has absolute power over the Canadian equivalents of the US Senate, the US House of Representatives and the Supreme Court. He is an absolute dictator for his term of office.
And Clue Giver is telling Americans they live in a dictatorship. Well, if anyone would know what a dictatorship was it would be a Canadian.
Posted-by: Al | 24 Feb 2005 23:45:32
Well Al, your writing from Canada as well, so if you think Canada is such a bad place to live you can leave NOW, we sure a hell don't need or want you in our country!
If your one of the American leaches living off Canadian resources I say try living without our oil and gas. Or better still just stop consuming 30% of the worlds resources while only being 5% of the world population. The only way Americans can satiate their greed is to rob and steal from the rest of the world. Americans are the thugs and parasites of humanity.
The world would get along much better if the USA simply didn't exist. Everyone else appears balanced and a moderate when compared to the USA, yes even the extremists and zealots.
Posted-by: CG | 25 Feb 2005 00:13:45
I'm an American. I don't rob or steal. I do probably consume a disproportionate amount of resources, but if you're posting here, you probably do, too. Just because American has more of people like us isn't necessarily a bad thing. If trends in China are any indication, it seems anyone would do the same given the opportunity.
As for the actual topic suggested by the article, it's a basic balance between punishing crime and protecting the free press. Let's not kid ourselves-- the people Apple are not "good people," they're violating contracts and promises they agreed to. However, if Think Secret is not allowed to do what they need to publish it's a blow to the "press", although *not* necessarily a Constitutionally protected one. No one is impugning on his right to publish, least of all the government-- just his right to collect information in a very shady manner.
So stop claiming this is a First Amendment violation. It's not, or at least not clearly one. If someone harbors and encourages such liars and criminal types, becoming a publisher shouldn't automatically absolve them of responsibility.
Posted-by: S | 25 Feb 2005 03:02:26
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